Summit Overview

The Cross-Continental Cooperation Summit of 2014-5 will be a culmination of 30 events taking place across the globe. The events will take place in major capital cities including London, Berlin, Bucharest, The Hague, Moscow, Milan, and Brussels, with the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia playing host to the events. The Summit will focus on the potential success for improved intercultural relations in uniting the great powers of the contemporary world to better face today's global concerns.

The Summit will create a forum for the world's powers representatives to publicly discuss and promote upon a common goal, thus initiating potential solutions for contemporary and future world challenges. The ultimate aim of the Summit will be to create a more stable public global environment by promoting intercultural dialogue between nations, consequently bringing the international community closer to a more prosperous future.

Participation in the Summit events are open to applicants coming from the governmental and diplomatic fields, academia & scholars, representatives from the civil society and private sector, journalists, artists, young professionals and students.

If you would like to reserve a position and participate in the summit, please click on the link below and fill out the online application form:

Summit Speakers

Speakers & Delegates during the conferences will include leading politicians, senior diplomats, leading governmental officials, senior academics, renowned authors, journalists, and celebrated artists. These speakers will include a large number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here.

Speakers for the Summit Events include:

Judge Julia Sebutinde
Judge, the International Court of Justice

President Peter Tomka
President, the International Court of Justice

Judge Sanji Monageng
Vice President, International Criminal Court

Judge Joyce Aluoch
Judge, International Criminal Court

Judge Christopher Greenwood
Judge, International Court of Justice

H.E. Steven van Hoogstraten
General Director, Carnegie Foundation

President Vicente Fox
55th President of Mexico

President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Former Prime Minister of Spain

Hon. Massimo D'Alema
Former Prime Minister of Italy

Hon. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Former Director General of the WTO

Hon. Yves Leterme
Secretary-General, “International IDEA”

Hon. Lars Lokke Rasmussen
Former Prime Minister of Denmark

President Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland